Mark Kemp, son Connor and their basset hound Wally

Mytae Carrasco

from left Connor, Wally, and Mark Kemp

Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 | midnight

When Connor was little, his favorite thing was to ride Wally like a horse. When Wally drinks, he gets all wet and his favorite thing to do is to shake and it goes all over the place. It gets on Connor sometimes and even on the walls in the house. We wouldn't trade him for any other dog in the world. We have wood floors in two of the rooms and he likes to go in there and try to dig through the floors to get to China.